Built-up material for belts and the like.



J. MULLER. BUILT UP MATERIAL FOR BELTS AND THE LIKE;

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 15, 1907.

904,350. Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

W/TNESSES INVENTOH c/Zwspkine Miller ATTORNEYS j UNITED STATES PATENT o EIoE JOSEPHINE-MULLER,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUILT-UT MATERIAL FOR BELTS AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 15, 1907. Serial No. 397,501.

Patented Nov. 17, 1908.

To all whom it may co ncem:

Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE Mt'ILLER, a

- citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Built-Up Material for Belts and the Like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a a built-up material in which the major portion of the warp consists of ribbons of oilcloth, patent-leather, felt or similar material, the glazed or finished faces of which are their outer faces and in which the weft consists of.cord or braid, whereby to provide a fabric which when single ribbons are employed is especially adapted for use as the body portion for bags and like articles, and wherein when the ribbons are used double or are placed back to back, a fabric is provided which may be equally finished on both faces, being especially adapted as material for waist belts.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a material of the character described which may be made exceedingly attractive and durable and which will wear smoothly and adapt itself readily to the human format thewaist. V

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

bons A, which ribbons are preferably placed back to back with their finished or glazed surfaces facing outward. These ribbons are made from oil-cloth, glazed leather or similar material. The warp of the material further consists in fabric threads B, any desired number of which being interposed betweenthe longitudinal edges of the ribbons A, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The weft C of the material consists of a fabric cord or braid, eitherflat or round, and at the selvage'portion c the warp threads, which" are designated b to distinguish them from the corresponding threads between the ribbons, are of greater number than the said intermediate warp threads B, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Preferably the series of warp threads B are fewin number so as to bring the opposing longitudinal edges of the ribbons A as close together as is consistent with the flexibility of the material, the

said warp threads in Fig. 1 being exaggerated, The ribbons A are shown as passed under two weft threads and then over two weft threads,but such arrangement may be changed or varied; and preferably the warp threads B and b are made to pass over a single Weft thread and under the next andso on, as is shown in Fig. 3.

' As will be observed by referring to Fig. 2,- I

read in connection with the regoing description, the material produod is equally finished upon both faces, rendering it 're-' versible, and that it is capable of being highly ornamental by using difieientc'olors or characters of weft threads. The material is very durable owing to the warp ribbons employed in its construction.

In Fig. 1 I have illustrated the material as provided withbut' one/finished face, since single warp ribbons A .are used, andin this res eat only the material shown in Fig. 4

di ers from that illustrated in the other 0 views. This material may be made upon looms, crochet machines, knitting machines,

or any machines adaptable to the purpose, and may be made in any desired shape, as for example, when woven into belt form, it

can be graduated from an inch, more or less,

,at the end to four inches, more or less, at the center; and the material may be used for ribbons oras a braid, and the warp may be of any material dressed or undressed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,' 7

1. A built-up material consisting ofa warp of flat strips, intermediate warp threads extending parallel with said flat strips and between the same, and weft threads woven through said strips and said cthreads and forming a fabric therewith.

v 2. A built-up material consisting of a In testimony whereof I have signed iny warp of flat strips, intermediate warp name to this specification in the presence of.

threads between said strips, selvage warp two subscribing Witnesses.

threads at the outer edges of the outermost JOSEPHINE MULLER. 5 of said strips, and a weft of threads woven Witnesses:

through said warp threads and forming a J. FRED. ACKER,

. fabric therewith. JOHN P. DAVIS. 

